Gilded Age

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Across
  1. 3. The novel The Octopus, about the railroad, was written by this man
  2. 7. Owner of U.S. Steel
  3. 8. he came up with the term “Gilded Age” for the late 1800s
  4. 10. Owner of Standard Oil
  5. 11. Publisher of the newspaper The New York World
  6. 13. His novel How the Other Half Lives documented the lives of New Yorkers living in extreme poverty
  7. 14. Called the “novel of _ _ _ _ _ _ _,” these described the lives, customs, mindset, and problems of the wealthiest people in society
Down
  1. 1. Wrote the novel The Age of Innocence
  2. 2. A group of authors who tried to shock readers to expose corruption, unsafe working conditions, and dangerous practices in big business
  3. 4. It means “new rich” in French – “nouveau”
  4. 5. Author of The Jungle
  5. 6. Newspaper writing that was known to be sensational and shocking—“_ _ _ _ _ _” journalism
  6. 9. Publisher of the newspaper The New York Journal
  7. 12. She wrote The History of Standard Oil